SWIMMING CARNIVAL

The 2025 Carnival will be held on Friday the 14th of March. Racing will start at 6.30pm. There will be a limited number of tickets for sale prior to the event, and these will be sold through our member schools.

Restricted vision tickets will be on sale from 6.00pm on the evening of the carnival at HBF stadium for those who were unable to secure a ticket but keen to attend the live event.

The 2025 event will be livestreamed and each school will be sent this link to share with their community prior to the event.

If parents are arranging to pick up their child following the competition, they must plan to meet them outside the door entry opposite the swimming reception. The front entrance to HBF will now be a thoroughfare as schools exit to buses through this area.

The IGSSA Swimming Carnival is held in Term 1 between all 8 IGSSA Member Schools and includes competitors from Year 7 to 12. It is the first big event on the IGSSA sporting calendar.

The carnival was first held in 1965. It was traditionally held at Beatty Park in Leederville, but moved to Challenge Stadium in 2009. The meet is officiated by Swimming WA Officials and the Host School.

SWIMMING PROGRAM - 2025

Current Swimming program

A detailed program (including swimmers) will be provide to schools the day prior to the carnival to be distributed to their school communities. A QR code of the detailed program will be available at the event.

PAST SWIMMING RESULTS

Champion School 2024 - Boans Trophy

Year Group and Overall 2024 Results

Individual Event Results - due to the Privacy Act, individual results can not be shown. For information on individual event winners and relay split times, please contact your relevant school Head of Sport

SWIMMING RECORDS

Boans Trophy History

Current IGSSA Records:-

SWIMMING RULES

1. Event Restrictions / Rules:

1.1 A girl may compete in a maximum of 2 (two) individual events plus 1 (one) relay.

1.2 Girls must compete in events equivalent to their current academic year.

1.3 Medley Relays - order of strokes in Medley Relays is:-

      1 Backstroke       2 - Breaststroke       3 - Butterfly      4 - Freestyle

1.4 Disqualifications SW4 Rule will apply. Any swimmer starting before the starting signal is given will be disqualified. If the starting signal sounds before the disqualification is declared the race will continue but the offending swimmer/s will be disqualified (they are permitted an exhibition swim)

1.5 Electronic Timing Competitors must touch the pads firmly at the finish (especially backstroke swimmers) to ensure the finish is recorded and to avoid incorrect placings. After the touch, swimmers are requested to not hang on to the touch pads but to use the lane ropes.

1.6 At the conclusion of each race, competitors must remain in their lane until they are instructed to leave the pool by the referee. They should not climb out over the end of the pool, but instead use the steps.

1.7 Swimmers are NOT permitted to wear 2 pairs of bathers during competition (they will be disqualified). Period briefs may be worn.

1.8 Any swimmers competing with strapping tape must have this approved by the referee before the swimming carnival commences (before 5.45pm)